Girdle



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Patented Dec. 1940 A UNITED STATES",

GmDLE Alfred Jacobs and Jose N. Y., assign New York, N. Y.

ph Cirlnglone, New York, on to The Poisei'air Company, Inc.,

'Appllcatior: August as, 1939, Serial No. 291,565

2 Claims. This invention relates to girdles and deals more particularlywith garments of like character formed with a crotch.

The incorporation of straps, leg pieces, trunk hose and similar lowerextensions into foundation and surgical garments, is at present wellknown. However, these earlier structures do not meet the conditionsrequired in a garment oi mcdern design. Because of the increasedathletic activities of the female and the tendency towardssimplification and lightening 03 her outer garments, it is essentialthat her girdle or foundation garment be of neat and trim fit andappearance, and that it maintain its position on the body with little,or no restriction to freedom of movement.

In 'many essentials, the modem girdle incor- -porates these desirablefeatures'and this invention seeks to further improve such garments byincorporating therein a crotch portion designed to suit modern needs andconditions.

More particularly, the invention deals with a girdle formed with anelastic body, the front and back panels of which are stretchable only inthe length of the garment, and provided with a crotch portion formed ofleg-engaging members stretchable transversely to the stretch of saidfront and back panels.

The invention also contemplates the provision the features of theinvention. The following 45 specification, based on the drawing, moreiully sets forth the design and details of the invention.

In the drawing: Fig. i. is a iront view of a girdle made in accordancewith the invention'as it appears on the human form.

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof in flat condition.

Fig. 3 is a fiat view in pattern form of the essential elements of thepresent invention.

In that embodiment of the invention here ilof a novel crotch for agarment of the.v character lustrated, the girdle is preferably providedwith I side portions 5 and the front and rear panels respectively 6 andl, i

For a clearer understanding or the invention, the elements of the girdleare lined to indicate the direction of stretch. Thus, it may be seen 5that the sides 5 are preferably made of ,a material having stretch bothvertically and horizontally and that the panels Band l are preferablystretchable in a substantially vertical direction. 4 10 In order to.have the stretch in the front panel in the proper direction, said panelis preferably formed of two complementary parts 6a and 6b, united'by aseam 8 at the center of said panel. As best seen in Fig. 3, thedirection of stretch of 15 these parts are at a slight angle to eachother along said seam but predominantly vertical as shown in Fig. i. Theelasticity of the front panel is thus better controlled than should saidpanel be of one piece with the stretch vertical.

In accordance with the invention, the adjacent portions of the bottomedges of the panel parts he and 5b are preferably angularly cut as atii. In asomewhat similar manner the back panel Ti, at its bottom edge,is formed with the crescent-shaped notch id having the substantiallystraight edges ll. Thus the front and back panels are each-iormedwith asubstantially V- shaped notch at the central lower edge thereof.

The crotch as herein contemplated, comprises the crotch members 62 eachhaving a substan-* tially straight lateral outer edge 53 and formed witha curved lateral inner edge it. Each crotch member is formed with arelatively long front edge l5 and a relatively short back edge l2, the 5former being stitched to the respective edge 9 of the front panel member@a and 6b and the latter to the respective edges ll of the back panel.

The stretch of the crotch members 82 is in the 40 length of said membersbut at an angle, or transverse to the stretch of the panels s and l, asiiiustrated.

It is preferred to form each crotch member wltha slightly angled edge llbetween the curved edge l d and the inner end of the front edge l5 andto join said edges l? by means of a seam. This seam. on the garment,forms a lower extension of the seam between the panel parts 6a and 8b.

The crotch thus formed, in effect, converts the girdle into a panty"garment which in addi tlon to serving the normal functions of a girdle,

, also serve to confine such portions of the thighs, in certaininstances, to obviate the use of other undergarments. The opening itformed in the 5 It is desired that the stretch of the component parts ofthe girdle and crotch not be transmitted to each other. To obviate thetransmission of stretch and to reinforce the seams, inelastic tapes orother suitable means such as shown at I! may be stitched to the variousseams. These tapes are preferably placed along the seams between theedges 9 and I5, at the seam between the edges l1, and at the seambetween the edges H and I6.

From the foregoing it may be seen that 9. Earment has been providedwhich carries out the objects of the invention. It is also evident \thatmany immaterial changes within the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed, may be made by those skilled in the art. It is intended,therefore, that the claims not be limited to the specific details of theinstant disclosure.

1 What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a garment of the character described, a front and a back paneleach stretchable in the length oi. the garment, said front panel beingformed of two members joined by a longitudinal central seam, and acrotch for engaging the inner thigh of each leg of the wearer of thegarment,

said crotch comprising two portions stretchable in a directiontransverse to the stretch of said panels, the front ends of said crotchportions being stitched to each other for a portion of their length, theseam thus formed being an extension of the mentioned seam in the frontpanel.-

2. In a garment of the character described. a front and a back panel,the lower. edge ,of each panel at the center thereof being formed with acrescent-shaped notch, and a crotch on said garment, said crotchcomprising two members having one end of each stitched to the edge ofthe crescent-shaped notch in the back panel and in spaced relation toeach otherand-having the other end of each stitched to the edge of thecrescent-shaped notch in the front panel, said latter ends beingstitched to each other for a portion of the length of said crotchmembers.

- ALFRED JACOBS.

JOSEPH CIRINGIONE.

